This is the first restaurant for owner Patrick Cullen, an attorney-turned-restaurateur and former bartender at Dragon Ranch, who will open the cocktail-focused space with former Dragon Ranch sous chef Shaun Connolly (previously at Chicago Cut and Nightwood) as Presidio's executive chef.

The restaurant makes extensive references to San Francisco (the restaurant bears the name of the city's famous park and former military base), where Cullen's family is very active in the hospitality and restaurant industry.

"It started as kind of a nod to my family without being too overt," Cullen said. "The name is something that someone who isn't a San Francisco fan or San Francisco local wouldn't recognize."

Cullen describes Presidio's food as seasonal, saying that there will be a number of "proteins that will always be on the menu," like steak tartare, pork chops and Great Lakes region fried fish bites, but the menu will be change regularly to feature seasonal ingredients.

The beverage menu, overseen by The Dogma Group (Alex Renshaw, Brian Sturgulewski, Clint Rogers) features cocktails inspired by the Northern California city's offerings, including many ingredients brought to California from South America and Mexico: agave, tequila and pisco.

Cullen said he looks forward to filling a specific niche in the Bucktown neighborhood.

"There is The Bristol on the one end and The Violet Hour on the other, and there are a lot of fast-casual places," Cullen said. "There really weren't too many places for grown-ups to go and have some cocktails and have dinner."

As for filling Bluebird's shoes, it's a task he looks forward to. "What the Bluebird meant to Bucktown and the area, we want to continue that for our friends and neighbors," he said. "That great date spot, great hangout place."